A sample of products containing bromine, as found by researchers.
A researcher has found black e-plastics are being recycled into a variety of household applications, despite still containing additives that he says could be hazardous.
A sample of products containing bromine, as found by researchers.
A researcher has found black e-plastics are being recycled into a variety of household applications, despite still containing additives that he says could be hazardous.
A recently released state program report provides insights into the changing composition of end-of-life electronics. It also shows which processors gained and lost weight allocations last year.
Research partially funded by a prominent IT asset disposition company led to the development of a non-toxic method for recycling e-plastics.
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A North American recycling operation will open an e-plastics-focused facility in response to Chinese import restrictions.
With the value of e-plastics plummeting and a major export market crumbling, North American firms are scrambling to identify ways to manage the material.
An initiative in Europe will work to overcome obstacles to the closed-loop recycling of plastics from electronics and appliances.
An initiative funded by the federal government could help solve a key materials recovery issue in e-scrap.
Chinese authorities say the country will prohibit some grades of recovered plastic and other materials from being imported by the end of 2017. Although the announcement doesn’t list e-scrap materials specifically, one trade group anticipates more materials will be restricted in the future.
A smuggling crackdown in China is causing headaches for U.S. companies that recycle plastics recovered from electronics.
